Patents by Inventor Jason David Kepler

Jason David Kepler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Gas turbine engine rotor assembly optimization
    Patent number: 9334739
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The rotor assembly includes rotating parts including a first journal and one or more rotor disks. The method includes determining vector components for a total parallelism vector for each rotating part, determining a total parallelism sum including determining a magnitude of each total parallelism vector and adding the magnitudes into a single sum, and determining a minimum value for the total parallelism sum including selecting the rotor disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total parallelism sum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason David Kepler, Genaro Rodriguez
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR ASSEMBLY OPTIMIZATION
    Publication number: 20150046126
    Abstract: A method for optimizing a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The rotor assembly includes rotating parts including a first journal and one or more rotor disks. The method includes determining vector components for a total parallelism vector for each rotating part, determining a total parallelism sum including determining a magnitude of each total parallelism vector and adding the magnitudes into a single sum, and determining a minimum value for the total parallelism sum including selecting the rotor disk build angles and the second journal build angle that result in the smallest value for the total parallelism sum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: SOLAR TURBINES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jason David Kepler, Genaro Rodriguez